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2. On the accounting implications of the dilemma: who speaks for nature?
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Pesci, Caterina, Gelmini, Lorenzo, and Vola, Paola
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- 2024
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3. Theoretical analysis of social inclusion and social leverage in the Anthropocene era
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Reyes Ortiz, Giovanni Efrain, Socorro Márquez, Félix Oscar, and Gassón Pacheco, Rafael A.
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- 2023
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4. Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction. By Erle C. Ellis. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. xxii + 186 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, tables, graphs, bibliography, and index. Paper $11.95, e-book $7.99
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Nicole E. Heller
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History ,Anthropocene ,Philosophy ,Art history ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) - Published
- 2019
5. Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene. Edited by Gregg Mitman, Marco Armiero, and Robert S. Emmett. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. viii + 225 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographies. Paper $30.00
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Jamie L. Pietruska
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History ,Anthropocene ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Cabinet (room) ,Art history ,Art ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) ,media_common - Published
- 2019
6. A Field Takes Stock: Papers From The 8th International Congress On Coastal And Marine Tourism
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Michael Lück, Jeffrey Wilks, Jan Auyong, Marc L. Miller, Mark D. Needham, Brian W. Szuster, and Mark B. Orams
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biology ,Geography, Planning and Development ,biology.organism_classification ,Social issues ,Natural resource ,Tanzania ,Geography ,Anthropocene ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,Development economics ,Population growth ,Honest Broker ,Environmental planning ,Stock (geology) ,Tourism - Abstract
Humans are transforming the coastal and marine tourism environment at an ever-increasing rate. Concurrently, the multiple amenities and natural resources of coastal zones and the reality of population growth contribute to omnipresent tourism user conflicts. This results in social, wicked, and super wicked problems that are value infused, difficult to frame, and seemingly intractable. In response, scientists and other experts are encouraged to engage in use-inspired research. Further, they are advised to reconsider the basic applied science dichotomy and to make policy contributions in the role of the honest broker. Articles from the 8th International Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism are introduced that deal with tsunami vulnerability (Thailand), wreck diving (Australia/Micronesia), national forest planning (Gulf of Alaska), cruise industry research, aquatic safety (Australia), surfing expansion (South Africa), stakeholder relations (Zanzibar, Tanzania), and kiteboarding (the Netherlands).
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- 2017
7. Estimating local biodiversity change: a critique of papers claiming no net loss of local diversity
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Forest Isbell, Jarrett E. K. Byrnes, Bradley J. Cardinale, Michel Loreau, Ginger R.H. Allington, Daniel G. Brown, David U. Hooper, Mary I. O'Connor, K. Arthur Endsley, Andrew Gonzalez, McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], School of Natural Resources and the Environment [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System-University of Michigan System, University of Massachusetts [Boston] (UMass Boston), University of Massachusetts System (UMASS), Western Washington University (WWU), Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering [Minneapolis], University of Minnesota [Twin Cities] (UMN), University of Minnesota System-University of Minnesota System, Department of Computer Science [Vancouver] (UBC Computer Science), University of British Columbia (UBC), Station d'écologie théorique et expérimentale (SETE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), and Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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0106 biological sciences ,Conservation of Natural Resources ,baselines ,Biodiversity ,Distribution (economics) ,Biological Humans ,Extinction, Biological ,Spatial distribution ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Anthropocene ,Humans ,species richness ,Duration (project management) ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Extinction ,Ecology ,extinction ,business.industry ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,15. Life on land ,invasion ,meta-analysis ,Geography ,Disturbance (ecology) ,meta‐analysis ,13. Climate action ,biodiversity monitoring ,sense organs ,Species richness ,time series ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,business - Abstract
International audience; Global species extinction rates are orders of magnitude above the background rate documented in the fossil record. However, recent data syntheses have found mixed evidence for patterns of net species loss at local spatial scales. For example, two recent data meta-analyses have found that species richness is decreasing in some locations and is increasing in others. When these trends are combined, these papers argued there has been no net change in species richness, and suggested this pattern is globally representative of biodiversity change at local scales. Here we reanalyze results of these data syntheses and outline why this conclusion is unfounded. First, we show the datasets collated for these syntheses are spatially biased and not representative of the spatial distribution of species richness or the distribution of many primary drivers of biodiversity change. This casts doubt that their results are representative of global patterns. Second, we argue that detecting the trend in local species richness is very difficult with short time series and can lead to biased estimates of change. Reanalyses of the data detected a signal of study duration on biodiversity change, indicating net biodiversity loss is most apparent in studies of longer duration. Third, estimates of species richness change can be biased if species gains during post-disturbance recovery are included without also including species losses that occurred during the disturbance. Net species gains or losses should be assessed with respect to common baselines or reference communities. Ultimately, we need a globally coordinated effort to monitor biodiversity so that we can estimate and attribute human impacts as causes of biodiversity change. A combination of technologies will be needed to produce regularly updated global datasets of local biodiversity change to guide future policy. At this time the conclusion that there is no net change in local species richness is not the consensus state of knowledge.
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- 2016
8. The Politics of the Anthropocene, John S. Dryzek and Jonathan Pickering (Oxford University Press, 2019), 224 pp., $78 cloth, $26 paper, $25.99 eBook
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Jen Iris Allan
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Philosophy ,Politics ,Anthropocene ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Political Science and International Relations ,Art history ,Art ,media_common - Published
- 2019
9. Accounting and accountability in the Anthropocene
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Bebbington, Jan, Österblom, Henrik, Crona, Beatrice, Jouffray, Jean-Baptiste, Larrinaga, Carlos, Russell, Shona, and Scholtens, Bert
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- 2020
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10. Estimating local biodiversity change: a critique of papers claiming no net loss of local diversity.
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GONZALEZ, ANDREW, CARDINALE, BRADLEY J., ALLINGTON, GINGER R. H., BYRNES, JARRETT, ENDSLEY, K. ARTHUR, BROWN, DANIEL G., HOOPER, DAVID U., ISBELL, FOREST, O'CONNOR, MARY I., and LOREAU, MICHEL
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BIODIVERSITY monitoring , *BIOLOGICAL extinction , *SPECIES diversity , *BIODIVERSITY , *META-analysis - Abstract
Global species extinction rates are orders of magnitude above the background rate documented in the fossil record. However, recent data syntheses have found mixed evidence for patterns of net species loss at local spatial scales. For example, two recent data meta-analyses have found that species richness is decreasing in some locations and is increasing in others. When these trends are combined, these papers argued there has been no net change in species richness, and suggested this pattern is globally representative of biodiversity change at local scales. Here we reanalyze results of these data syntheses and outline why this conclusion is unfounded. First, we show the datasets collated for these syntheses are spatially biased and not representative of the spatial distribution of species richness or the distribution of many primary drivers of biodiversity change. This casts doubt that their results are representative of global patterns. Second, we argue that detecting the trend in local species richness is very difficult with short time series and can lead to biased estimates of change. Reanalyses of the data detected a signal of study duration on biodiversity change, indicating net biodiversity loss is most apparent in studies of longer duration. Third, estimates of species richness change can be biased if species gains during post-disturbance recovery are included without also including species losses that occurred during the disturbance. Net species gains or losses should be assessed with respect to common baselines or reference communities. Ultimately, we need a globally coordinated effort to monitor biodiversity so that we can estimate and attribute human impacts as causes of biodiversity change. A combination of technologies will be needed to produce regularly updated global datasets of local biodiversity change to guide future policy. At this time the conclusion that there is no net change in local species richness is not the consensus state of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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11. Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation after Nature by JamieLorimer, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2015, 284 pp., paper US $25.00 (ISBN 978-978-0816681082)
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Jonathan Luedee
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Anthropocene ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Wildlife ,Environmental ethics ,Sociology ,Earth-Surface Processes - Published
- 2017
12. Was There a Socialist Type of Anthropocene During the Cold War? Science, Economy, and the History of the Poplar Species in Hungary, 1945–1975
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Balogh, Róbert
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- 2018
13. Beyond the Temporary Imaginary of Cultural History: The Educational Past in the Anthropocene.
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Igelmo-Zaldívar, Jon
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CULTURAL education ,IMAGINARY histories ,HISTORY of education ,CULTURAL history ,CRITICAL currents ,POSTHUMANISM - Abstract
Copyright of Social & Education History / Historia Social y de la Educación is the property of Social & Education History / Historia Social y de la Educacion and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2024
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14. Navigating Uncertainties in the Built Environment: Reevaluating Antifragile Planning in the Anthropocene through a Posthumanist Lens.
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Janković, Stefan
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BUILT environment ,CITIES & towns ,SMART cities - Abstract
Within the vast landscape of the Built Environment, where challenges of uncertainty abound, this paper ventures into a detailed exploration of antifragile planning. Antifragility, a concept rooted in the capacity of systems to not only withstand but also thrive in the face of volatility, stands as a beacon of resilience amidst the uncertainties of the Anthropocene. The paper offers a systematic examination of antifragile planning, specifically by concentrating on uncertainty as one of its key theoretical tenets and by exploring the implications of these principles within the context of the Anthropocene. After offering a systematic and comprehensive review of the literature, the analysis delves into several important themes in antifragile planning, including the recognition of limited predictive reliability, critiques of conventional responses to shocks such as urban resilience and smart cities, and the strategic elimination of potential fragilizers through a unique planning methodology. Furthermore, the paper discusses three key arguments challenging the efficacy of antifragility: the systemic approach, the classification of responses to perturbations, and the validity of adaptivity and optionality theses. Specifically, the gaps identified in the antifragile planning methodology reveal its shortcomings in addressing the complexity of cities, its failure to recognize the variety of responses to shocks and perturbations, and its neglect of broader urban relationalities, especially in relation to climate-induced uncertainty. Thus, it is asserted that antifragility remains urbocentric. For these reasons, the paper contends that rectifying the gaps detected in antifragility is necessary to address the uncertainty of the Anthropocene. By aligning largely with emerging posthumanist planning strategies, the paper emphasizes the significance of adopting a proactive approach that goes beyond merely suppressing natural events. This approach involves fostering urban intelligence, contextualizing urban materialities within broader planetary dynamics, and embracing exploratory design strategies that prioritize both the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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15. The Motif of the "Lost Paradise" in Blockbuster Films Set in the Post-Apocalypse.
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ŽAKULA, SONJA and MATIĆ, UROŠ
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BLOCKBUSTERS (Motion pictures) ,FICTION genres ,PARADISE ,SCIENCE fiction ,STORYTELLING ,MYTHOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2023
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16. Making Peace with the Earth - The Diplomatic Turn
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Patrick Degeorges and Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities
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Peace ,Precaution ,Anthropocene ,Paradigm shift ,Political science ,Short paper ,Sustainability ,Systemic risk ,Earth ,Earth (chemistry) ,Environmental ethics ,Cognitive reframing - Abstract
Considering the proliferation of global systemic risks in the Anthropocene, this short paper expresses the need to reframe sustainability as the acquisition and invention of symbiotic and regenerative diplomatic skills to make peace with the Earth, i.e. to preserve and restore the conditions of its habitability. This post-environmental paradigm shift reflects the deep transformation that is now underway in our understanding of the Earth, not as a planetary system nor as a reservoir of resources, but as a web of meanings and interactions. It manifests the social-ecological as well as the ethical implications of precaution.
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- 2021
17. Should we bother to practice ecological responsibility?
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Bleier, Mitch
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Original Paper ,Environmental science education ,Sustainability ,Post-human ,Anthropocene ,Ecological virtue - Abstract
Are green goals and eco-sensitivity manifestations of delusional human exceptionalism? In this paper I grapple with the question of why/if humans should/must address environmental issues (both local and global) created or exacerbated by human activity. This question can be framed in terms of (a) whether human activity is as natural as that of other organisms and carries with it similar responsibilities, and (b) whether our activity, natural or not, matters in the very long term. It is a consideration of our responsibilities to ourselves, future generations, other organisms, and the earth itself. The recently published A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene is explored as it challenges the author of this article to confront these issues and their bearing on his and others’ behaviors and actions vis à vis the earth and its inhabitants. (Inuktitut translation generously provided by Brenda Amakłak Putulik)
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- 2021
18. The Hero Versus the Initiate: The Western Ego Faced with Climate Chaos.
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Vaughan, Rachael A.
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CLIMATOLOGY , *JUNGIAN psychology , *PAPER arts , *HEROES , *DESPAIR - Abstract
The chaos caused by the global climate crisis is in the news in many forms and has also entered the consulting room: clients are increasingly naming their fear, despair, rage, and experience of impotence in the face of the unknown. This paper builds on the work of G. Albrecht and J. Bernstein, to investigate how we can face our feelings about climate crisis and live through this time without resorting to unhelpful defenses that block our ability to be present, engaged and effective. It examines the unconscious beliefs, habitual patterns, and defenses of the Western ego, which it presents as the mindset of Economism and the Capitalocene, and investigates its identification with the hero archetype. It pays homage to indigenous analyses of the issue in the work of J. Forbes and I Merculieff, and draws on the work of eco-ethical thinkers such as K. D. Moore, J. Butler, and A. L. Tsing, to suggest that the archetype of the initiate may be a better guide as we move into the uncertain, contingent future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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19. Mapping the Anthropocene: Atelier NL, a Case Study of Place-Based Material Craft Practices.
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Panneels, Inge
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HANDICRAFT equipment ,ECOLOGICAL art ,CERAMICS ,ARTISTS' studios ,URBAN planners ,GLASS craft - Abstract
This paper argues that mapping as a methodology can support localised production, as exemplified in the case study of the design studio Atelier NL which marries contemporary design sensibilities with traditional glass and ceramics craft-making techniques. The paper puts forward the argument that by paying attention to local ecosystem services through mapping, place-based design solutions can be developed. Furthermore, the paper argues that the methodologies deployed by Atelier NL borrow from contemporary art creative mapping practices. This case study uses the framework of the Anthropocene to situate these mapping practices identified within the case study and contextualises these within 20th-century environmental arts practices, and those of the environmental art pioneers the Harrisons in particular. Finally, the paper argues that these mapping practices are responding to the conditions of the Anthropocene which increasingly makes clear that culture and nature are enmeshed, an insight that 19th-century town planner Patrick Geddes argued for more than a century ago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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20. “Connecting Better and Wider”: A Constructivist Grounded Theory and Situational Analysis Exploration of Community Resilience in the Anthropocene Among the Transition Network.
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Boisvert, Deanne M. and Suransky, Carolina
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GLOBAL environmental change ,GROUNDED theory - Abstract
For decades qualitative researchers have used grounded theory methodologies in their investigations. Although the grounded theory literature is extensive, less well documented are qualitative studies which incorporate complementary grounded theory approaches into their designs; or studies that validate the use of grounded theory strategies for applied research projects. This paper seeks to add to both margins of the grounded theory literature. First, it provides a detailed methodological account of how constructivist grounded theory and grounded theory situational analysis were used in a Ph.D. study exploring how ecologically concerned networks understand community resilience and respond to current and anticipated challenges of the Anthropocene, the idea that humans are now the primary influencers of global environmental changes. This account is based on a constructivist grounded theory analysis of nine interviews with Europeans active in the Transition Network at the community or regional level; and a grounded theory situational analysis of the network’s written discourse based on twenty-two English-language texts produced by prominent Transitioners, such as founders, headquarters staff, or national hub teams. Furthermore, while the wider Ph.D. study focused on theory building, analysis activities yielded practical insights into addressing real world problems, such as creating and sustaining collective action at the local level. Hence, the paper also discusses a framework that neighborhoods, towns, or other types of communities could adapt for their own collective purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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21. A Tale of Two Sophias: A Proposal for Critical Posthuman Youth Work, and Why We Need It.
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Pisani, Maria
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YOUTH workers (Social services) ,HUMANOID robots ,POSTHUMANISM ,PHYSICAL activity ,PHYSICAL fitness - Abstract
This paper begins by recounting a tale of two Sophias: a humanoid robot and an 'illegal' baby immigrant. The tale of two Sophias locates my initial ideas for reflecting on how critical posthumanism might contribute to youth work theory and practice. In this paper I position youth work as a philosophical encounter, whilst also questioning the humanist legacy that lies at the heart of youth work theory. Drawing on the work of Rosi Braidotti and other critical posthuman feminists, I consider how youth work might respond to the posthuman predicament marked by the intersecting forces of advanced capitalism and growing inequalities, the fourth industrial revolution, the digital divide, and advances in Artificial Intelligence, climate change, and environmental destruction. I conclude by providing some reflections on how critical posthuman theory may provide a lens through which young people might consider what it means to be human in the technologically mediated Anthropocene, and also as a paradigm for embracing new possibilities and a praxis of hope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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22. A NEW CLIMATE FOR HUMAN NATURE? NAVIGATING SOCIAL THEORY THROUGH POSTNATURE, THE ANTHROPOCENE AND POSTHUMANISM.
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Janković, Stefan
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HUMAN behavior ,SOCIAL theory ,HUMAN evolution ,IDEA (Philosophy) ,SCHOLARLY method ,POSTHUMANISM - Abstract
Copyright of Filozofija i Drustvo is the property of University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy & Social Theory and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2024
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23. Sentinels of the Shore. Reconciling Art and Science.
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Hellegouarc'h-Bryce, Anne
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COASTAL changes ,SCOTS ,CULTURAL identity ,HUMANITY ,POLLINATION ,DATA science - Abstract
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- 2024
24. ET KRITISK POSTHUMANT SUBJEKT? Braidottis og Haraways diskussioner om subjektivitet og det mere-end-menneskelige.
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VILSLEV, BIRGITTE THORSEN
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This paper studies a discussion about posthumanism between the two influential feminist philosophers Rosi Braidotti and Donna Haraway in the journal, Theory, Culture & Society 23, no. 7-8 in 2006. In the journal Braidotti describes Haraway’s thinking as “high posthumanism”, while Haraway, interviewed in the journal, on the other hand is very critical of the term. She prefers thinking with other terms such as cyborgs, companion species or the Chthulucene. With the starting point in this historical discussion, the paper traces it into Braidotti’s recent book Posthuman Feminism (2021) and Haraway’s Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (2016). A central concern in the discussion is the critical subject: How can the critical subject be understood and operate in a posthumanist framework? Can there be critical potentials in more-than-human positions and perspectives? How to think critical subjectivity as relational with other species and the material world? Based on these questions, the paper investigates posthuman feminism through more-than-human perspectives on the critical subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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25. Indigenous Festivals and Climate Sustainability in India: A Case Study of Cultural Practices and Performances.
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Mondal, Ayan and Pandey, Maya Shanker
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INDIGENOUS peoples ,SUSTAINABILITY ,FESTIVALS - Abstract
With the inadequacy of the Western frameworks in addressing climate change, there is a need to integrate indigenous knowledge systems into the global framework to harness climate sustainability. The historical marginalization of the indigenous people in India in the colonial era has continued through the present postcolonial era, leading to environmental exploitation and social dislocation of the Adivasis. This has resulted in a severance of the transmission of sustainable practices embedded in the tribal cultures into the global framework. Advocating for the integration of indigenous ecological wisdom into global strategies, this paper will highlight the significance of tribal festivals like 'Sarhul,' 'Baha,' and 'Kunde Habba' in reinforcing climate resilience. Indian tribal festivals have traditionally popularised sustainable practices and rituals to stay in harmony with nature, and the sacred sites located in the indigenous communities function as sites for rituals and festivals fostering ecological sustainability. This paper explores how tribal art forms like 'Warli' and 'Gond' art imbue communities with ecological consciousness and resilience, and through storytelling and artistic expressions, it raises awareness about climate issues and empowers communities to safeguard ecosystems vital for all life forms. This paper asserts that traditional performance cultures, manifested through rituals, dances, and art, serve as catalysts for sustainable practices, biodiversity conservation, and community resilience, and advocates for a recentring of the indigenous performances to resist Anthropocentric and Capitalocentric practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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26. TOWARD A NONHUMAN NARRATOLOGY: MATERIAL METAPHORSIN ANN PANCAKE'S STRANGE AS THIS WEATHER HAS BEEN.
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BRICI, Alexandra
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NARRATOLOGY ,WEATHER ,OPEN spaces - Abstract
This paper examines the convergence of affect theory and cognitive narratology. I investigate the methodological potential of a cognitive narratology informed by affect as found in the (autonomous) intensities and resonances that circulate about and between bodies (Gregory J. Seigworth and Melissa Gregg). By adopting Brian Massumi's configuration of affect (as asymbolic, autonomous and asubjective), I aim to explore how this conception can account for nonhuman (narrative) agents and open up space for alternative forms of environmental situatedness in cognitive narratology. Expanding upon the "4E" cognitive model, I trace the enmeshment of human and non-human agents within the metaphorical pattern of Ann Pancake's 2007 novel Strange as This Weather Has Been. I undertake an analysis of multiple extra- and inter-textual vectors to show how these metaphors underscore a view of cognition as participating in a field of affective intensities and becomings and highlight its emergence as entangled in a world of material interdependencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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27. People-Planet-Health: promoting grassroots movements through participatory co-production
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Shadhaab Fatima, Jake Sallaway-Costello, Claudia Meier Magistretti, and Rachel Hartnoll
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business.industry ,Climate Change ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Planets ,Global strategy ,Citizen journalism ,Health Promotion ,Public relations ,Salutogenesis ,Grassroots ,Health promotion ,Action (philosophy) ,Anthropocene ,Political science ,Position paper ,Humans ,business ,Ecosystem - Abstract
The threat of anthropogenic climate change demands immediate action to prevent further damage to human health and fragile natural ecosystems. This process of change might locally have already begun, led by grassroots organisations around the world. Conceiving their actions as a form of salutogenesis, these organisations build a Sense of Coherence to empower communities to participate in the potentially overwhelming challenge of planetary health. People-Planet-Health aims at giving voice and visibility to those groups and their actions. Contributors will further be invited to co-create a position paper, to inform the revised WHO Global Strategy for Health Promotion.
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- 2021
28. The Informational-Interpretative Aspects of Large-Scale and Global Crisis.
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Amaral, Gustavo Rick
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COVID-19 pandemic ,COGNITIVE bias ,COGNITIVE development ,PSYCHOLOGISTS ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
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- 2022
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29. Habituated to Denial.
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Troha, Tadej
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Copyright of Filozofski Vestnik is the property of Scientific Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences & Arts and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2023
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30. Coupled human and natural systems: The evolution and applications of an integrated framework : This article belongs to Ambio's 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Anthropocene
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Peter Deadman, William W. Taylor, Marina Alberti, Stephen R. Carpenter, Carl Folke, Zhiyun Ouyang, Thomas Dietz, Jianguo Liu, Charles L. Redman, Alice N. Pell, and Jane Lubchenco
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Ecology ,Courtesy ,Computer science ,Coupled human–environment system ,Ecology (disciplines) ,Geography, Planning and Development ,General Medicine ,Ecological anthropology ,Data science ,Anniversaries and Special Events ,Anthropocene ,Behind the Paper ,Environmental Chemistry ,Natural (music) ,Human ecology ,Humans ,Integrated geography ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
In our paper “Coupled Human and Natural Systems” (Liu et al. 2007), we developed a timely, theoretical, and practical foundation for research on Coupled Human And Natural Systems (CHANS). The science of CHANS builds upon, but goes beyond previous research that linked humans and ecosystems (e.g., ecological anthropology, environmental geography, human ecology). CHANS science uses a holistic perspective to integrate patterns and processes that connect human and natural systems, as well as within-scale and cross-scale interactions and feedbacks between human and natural components of such systems (Fig. 1). Such an integrated framework is needed to understand the increased complexity of the Anthropocene and develop innovative solutions to unprecedented global challenges. Open in a separate window Fig. 1 A schematic diagram of a coupled human and natural system. Arrows show interactions and feedbacks. (courtesy of Vanessa Hull.)
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- 2021
31. Implementing Rights of Nature: An EU Natureship to Address Anthropocentrism in Environmental Law.
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HOEK, NIELS, KASTSTEEN, IVAR, VAN GILS, SILKE, JANSSEN, ELINE, and VAN GILS, MARIT
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ENVIRONMENTAL law ,ANTHROPOCENTRISM ,EUROPEAN Union law ,THOUGHT experiments ,RIGHTS - Abstract
Transboundary issues - from (chemical) pollution, land-use change to unsustainable levels of exploitation - have been eroding natural sites across Europe, reducing biodiversity in the process. In light of this, this paper analyses the comprehensiveness of EU environmental law, appraising its underlying ethos in the process. Additionally, it explores whether a Natureship Framework Directive at the European Union (EU) level, which establishes legal personality for natural sites, can deliver a 'change of course' with respect to the anthropocentric view underpinning environmental law as a pressing thought experiment. It constructs a (fictive) law which grants natural sites substantive and procedural rights, conceptualising how such an instrument may take shape. One finding is that an EU Natureship may be a robust tool to address flaws within EU environmental law. For example, the attribution of legal personality to natural sites alongside the appointment of formal representatives can significantly relieve the burden for NGOs and the European Commission, which may suffer from limited resources when it comes to judicial enforcement of environmental norms (or, alternatively, ecological rights). Other benefits pertain to nature management, which may be less complex and more politically stable under the approach put forward in this paper. An EU Natureship, therefore, may provide a vehicle to shift EU environmental law from the anthropocentric to the ecocentric. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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32. THE ANTHROPOCENE AND THE PROBLEM OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONSTANTS.
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PODUŠELOVÁ, KATARÍNA
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EARTH system science ,CRITICAL analysis - Abstract
In the humanities and social sciences, the concept of the Anthropocene has become the starting point for theoretical analyses of the immediate relationship between the environmental preconditions for the existence of civilization and the human actions whose consequences threaten these preconditions. From the philosophical-anthropological point of view, reflections on the concepts of the Anthropocene focus not only on a critical analysis of the claims about human that originate in the natural sciences but also on an understanding of the overall role of humanity in the new geological-climatic regime of the Earth. The primary purpose of this paper is to highlight two-pronged problem areas, which include both the problem of anthropological constants as specific ways of making statements about humans and the problem of using them to reflect on the conceptual system of the Anthropocene. In particular, this paper emphasizes hypotheses and claims from the Anthropocene concept of Earth System Science that point to humans becoming a geobiophysical force in the Anthropocene. Three areas in which anthropological constants could be subsequently subjected to a deeper analysis are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Social innovation that connects people to coasts in the Anthropocene.
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Celliers, Louis, Mañez Costa, María, Rölfer, Lena, Aswani, Shankar, and Ferse, Sebastian
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SOCIAL action ,SOCIAL innovation ,GLOBAL environmental change ,ECOSYSTEMS ,POSTINDUSTRIAL societies ,COASTS ,SOCIAL systems - Abstract
Post-industrial society is driving global environmental change, which is a challenge for all generations, current and future. The Anthropocene is the geological epoch in which humans dominate and it is rooted in the past, present, and future. Future sustainability is building on the momentum of the fundamental importance of studying human dynamics and governance of coupled social and ecological systems. In the Anthropocene, social innovation may play a critical role in achieving new pathways to sustainability. This conventional narrative review uses a qualitative analysis anchored in the Grounded Theory Method and a systematic collection and analysis of papers to identify broad types of social innovations. Scientific journal articles published since 2018 were prioritised for inclusion. The six types of social innovation proposed are (a) authentic engagement; (b) artful and engaging communication; (c) urging and compelling change; (d) governance for social-ecological systems; (e) anticipation in governance; and (f) lived experiences and values. The six innovations proposed in this paper can be embedded within, and form part of, social action using a science-society compact for the sustainable development of coasts in the Anthropocene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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34. From ego to eco: re-orienting for processual ontology in the 'Dao-Field'
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Avraham Cohen, Jesse Haber, Scott Bowering, David Chang, and Heesoon Bai
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Cultural Studies ,The Anthropocene ,Original Paper ,Arts-based practices ,Metaphysics ,Environmental ethics ,Inner work ,Meaning (philosophy of language) ,Meditation ,Expression (architecture) ,Atomism (social) ,Processual ontology ,Anthropocene ,Id, ego and super-ego ,Thriving ,Humanity ,Atomistic worldview ,The Dao field ,Sociology - Abstract
The planet Earth has become increasingly susceptible to human-induced (anthropogenic) ecological disasters. The currently raging COVID-19 pandemic adds to the vast scale of destruction and suffering that humanity and the planet are experiencing. In this paper we explicate the meaning of 'human-induced' destruction in the terms of the damaging and hurting metaphysics (beyond the physical or material) that modern humanity has been entertaining in their conceptual and emotional minds and materially projecting onto the world. In turn, the damaging and hurting metaphysics is explicated in the terms of atomism that conceives all existents as self-existing and independent, necessarily engaged in competition against each other for survival. We propose to replace such metaphysics with one of the processual ontologies, such as that of Alfred North Whitehead, in which humans see themselves and each other as continuously interfusing and co-creatively re/e/merging relata of complete interdependence. This way, all of us, all the time, become "one with The Ten Thousand Things."-an expression in Chinese for the phenomenal world of thriving diversity and conviviality. We further explore self-cultivation of inner work that aids the shift from地球は、人為的(人間の活動による)生態学的大惨事の影響をますます受けやすくなっている。 現在、猛威をふるっている新型コロナウイルス感染症の世界的流行は、人類と地球が陥っている大々的な破壊と被害をもたらしている。この論文で私たちは「人為的」 破壊について詳説する。本来の意味を見失いつつある形而上学の(物理的・物質的なものを超越した)観点から見て、現人類は概念的・感情的な心の中で物質的に世界に投影している。同様に、その形而上学は、すべての存在を自己存在と独立しているものとして必然的に生存のために互いに競争していると考える原子論の観点から詳説される。私たちは、このような形而上学をアルフレッド・ノース・ホワイトヘッドも提唱したプロセス存在論のひとつに代替することを提案する。それは、人間が自身と他のものは絶えず綯い混じり、完全な相互依存の共創的な出現、再出現、融合だと見ることである。これによって私たちはみな、常に「万物とともにあるひとつ」となる。 これは、多様性と共生の現象界を示す中国語の表現のひとつでもある。私たちはさらに、エゴセルフ (ego self ) からエコセルフ (eco self) へのシフトを促すため瞑想やアートベースの包括的な省察を用いて内面的な自己修養を探求する。.
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35. Why we do science—marine ecosystems in context.
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Hessen, Dag O
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MARINE ecology ,CARBON cycle ,GENOME size ,EUTROPHICATION ,SOCIAL scientists ,CLIMATE research ,ECOSYSTEMS - Abstract
Any scientific career is a mix of planning and stochastic events, often with a fair share of the latter. I illustrate this by the evolution of my own career. Ecosystem studies of food webs under the impact of eutrophication (Master), and carbon cycling in DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon)-rich lakes (PhD) led me to elemental ratios in organisms and the establishment of ecological stoichiometry. The role of phosphorus (P) in cellular processes again led to research on the evolution and regulation of genome size. As climate came higher on the agenda, it was time to apply the basic research on the C-cycle and climate in a wider context. As natural scientists, we should also engage in even wider contexts, and I have enjoyed discussions and co-operation with philosophers, psychologist, and social scientists. This helps seeing our own work in context. We should also reflect on why we do science. I have always felt that science should also add purpose to life by giving something back to society, and I have devoted much time to outreach, public talks, debates, and writing popular science books. It takes some time, but it is also rewarding and important—perhaps even more so than yet another paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. The Anthropocene: scientific meaning and philosophical significance
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João Mendes and Universidade do Minho
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Imagem técnica ,Philosophy ,Antropoceno ,(a) the meaning of the Anthropocene as a scientific concept and hypothesis ,(b) its philosophical significance, namely, what ontological entity is the Anthropocene and how do we have epistemological access to it. [The “Anthropocene” is a relatively new and unprecedented concept, used to signify the most recent chapter in Earth History in which our species has become a major geological and geomorphic agent, and a controversial hypothesis stating that this new state of our planet constitutes a scientific fact. Both claims are being debated within the Geosciences, but also in the fields of the Social Sciences and the Humanities. This paper aims to produce some insight on the complementary topics of] ,Filosofia, Ética e Religião [Humanidades] ,Hiperobjeto ,Humanidades::Filosofia, Ética e Religião ,Epistemology ,General Energy ,Anthropocene ,Tecnhical image ,Vilem Flusser ,Meaning (existential) ,10. No inequality ,Timothy Morton - Abstract
O “Antropoceno” é um conceito relativamente novo e sem precedentes, usado para significar o capítulo mais recente da História da Terra no qual a nossa espécie se tornou um importante agente geológico e geomórfico, assim como uma hipótese polémica que afirma que este novo estado de nosso planeta constitui um facto. Ambas as reivindicações vêm sendo debatidas no âmbito das Geociências, mas também na área das Ciências Sociais e Humanas. Este artigo tem como objetivo produzir alguma luz sobre os tópicos complementares de: (a) o significado do Antropoceno como um conceito e uma hipótese científicos; (b) a sua relevância filosófica, a saber, que entidade ontológica é o Antropoceno e como temos acesso epistemológico a ele., The “Anthropocene” is a relatively new and unprecedented concept, used to signify the most recent chapter in Earth History in which our species has become a major geological and geomorphic agent, and a controversial hypothesis stating that this new state of our planet constitutes a scientific fact. Both claims are being debated within the Geosciences, but also in the fields of the Social Sciences and the Humanities. This paper aims to produce some insight on the complementary topics of: (a) the meaning of the Anthropocene as a scientific concept and hypothesis; (b) its philosophical significance, namely, what ontological entity is the Anthropocene and how do we have epistemological access to it.
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37. Aerosol transmission of human pathogens: From miasmata to modern viral pandemics and their preservation potential in the Anthropocene record
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Wes Gibbons, Teresa Moreno, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Moreno, Teresa, and Moreno, Teresa [0000-0003-3235-1027]
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education.field_of_study ,Transmission (medicine) ,Population ,Outbreak ,COVID-19 ,Environmental ethics ,Human pathogen ,Aerosol disease transmission ,medicine.disease ,Airborne disease ,History of epidemics ,Anthropocene record ,Germ theory of disease ,Coronavirus ,Geography ,Anthropocene ,Pandemic ,medicine ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,education ,ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS ,Research Paper - Abstract
Ongoing uncertainty over the relative importance of aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is in part rooted in the history of medical science and our understanding of how epidemic diseases can spread through human populations. Ancient Greek medical theory held that such illnesses are transmitted by airborne pathogenic emanations containing particulate matter (“miasmata”). Notable Roman and medieval scholars such as Varro, Ibn al-Khatib and Fracastoro developed these ideas, combining them with early germ theory and the concept of contagion. A widely held but vaguely defined belief in toxic miasmatic mists as a dominant causative agent in disease propagation was overtaken by the science of 19th century microbiology and epidemiology, especially in the study of cholera, which was proven to be mainly transmitted by contaminated water. Airborne disease transmission came to be viewed as burdened by a dubious historical reputation and difficult to demonstrate convincingly. A breakthrough came with the classic mid-20th century work of Wells, Riley and Mills who proved how expiratory aerosols (their “droplet nuclei”) could transport still-infectious tuberculosis bacteria through ventilation systems. The topic of aerosol transmission of pathogenic respiratory diseases assumed a new dimension with the mid-late 20th century “Great Acceleration” of an increasingly hypermobile human population repeatedly infected by different strains of zoonotic viruses, and has taken centre stage this century in response to outbreaks of new respiratory infections that include coronaviruses. From a geoscience perspective, the consequences of pandemic-status diseases such as COVID-19, produced by viral pathogens utilising aerosols to infect a human population currently approaching 8 billion, are far-reaching and unprecedented. The obvious and sudden impacts on for example waste plastic production, water and air quality and atmospheric chemistry are accelerating human awareness of current environmental challenges. As such, the “anthropause” lockdown enforced by COVID-19 may come to be seen as a harbinger of change great enough to be preserved in the Anthropocene stratal record., We wish to thank Edward Nardell for his help and encouragement regarding the photographic record of the Wells, Riley and Mills scientific trio, and Joyce Almeida for granting permission to use the photograph of her mother June Almeida. This study was supported by the Spanish Research Council (CSIC, Project COVID-19 CSIC 202030E226) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR41). IDAEA-CSIC is a Severo Ochoa Centre of Research Excellence (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Project CEX2018-000794-S).
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38. Organizing for Social and Institutional Change in Response to Disruption, Division, and Displacement: Introduction to the Special Issue.
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Creed, W. E. Douglas, Gray, Barbara, Höllerer, Markus A., Karam, Charlotte M., and Reay, Trish
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SOCIAL change - Abstract
In this editorial for our Special Issue, we focus on ways to better understand the role of organizations, organizing, and the organized during social and institutional change in response to disruption, division, and displacement. The papers in this Special Issue provide important insights into the hardships and heartache arising from social disruption, division, and displacement; in addition, they provide glimpses into potential ways of moving forward. To set the stage, we develop a framework building on extant literature that highlights several analytic approaches to understanding the consequences of eroding, or inadequate, institutions, the challenges of building anew when the status quo is destroyed, and what such novel and complex realities entail for organizational analysis. We offer a temporal view of responses to disruption, division, and displacement that draws on the papers in this Special Issue to identify and explain potential risks and challenges that arise at different points in time. To conclude, we provide a short summary of each paper, and call for a reinvigorated research agenda that goes beyond the excellent work featured here by broadening and deepening our focus on approaches to organizing that expressly address disruption, division, and displacement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. Przekład w perspektywie kryzysu ekologicznego i klimatycznego: w kierunku krytycznej ekotranslatoryki.
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Mitek-Dziemba, Alina
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- 2023
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40. Human Precarity and Posthuman Ontology in the Anthropocene.
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Nair, Lekshmi R.
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POSTHUMANISM ,PRECARITY ,PHILOSOPHY of nature ,COVID-19 pandemic ,HUMAN body ,ONTOLOGY - Abstract
Posthumanism as an ontological philosophy contemplates the nature of reality and existence, and the notions of being and becoming in a techno-modified world. Posthumanism displaces man from his privileged position as the master of his universe and generates multiplicity of interpretations and theoretical perspectives. Technological and evolutionary theories of human enhancement and radical life-extension, constructed around the idea of the posthuman, position man firmly within his material milieu where he co-habits with other non-human life forms. The traditional notion of the human body as a sacrosanct entity has given way to the concept of the human as an embodied and embedded being. Technological posthumanism debilitates the grand narrative of anthropocentricsm and celebrates plurality, hybridity and diversity as the defining traits of future humanity. In the age of the Anthropocene, humans have evolved into a geological force directly influencing and determining the fate of millions of non-human species. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of the corporeal frame hastening our march towards the posthuman era as we seek ways to transcend the limitations of our body with the aid of technology. The proposed paper tries to understand how the pandemic has reconstituted traditional notions of the corporeal self, human subjectivity and identity in the age of the Anthropocene. The paper would also consider technology as an ontological manifestation, in the specific context of the pandemic, focusing on its potential to re-engineer 'human' in anticipation of the posthuman future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
41. Resilience: Now more than ever : This article belongs to Ambio's 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Anthropocene
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Carl Folke, Lance Gunderson, Stephen R. Carpenter, Brian Walker, and Thomas Elmqvist
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,History ,Ecology ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Environmental ethics ,General Medicine ,Anniversaries and Special Events ,Anthropocene ,Behind the Paper ,Environmental Chemistry ,Resilience (network) ,Theme (narrative) ,Environmental Monitoring - Published
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42. Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere
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Stephen Polasky, Frances Westley, Beatrice Crona, Victor Galaz, Line Gordon, Marten Scheffer, Jane Lubchenco, Gretchen C. Daily, Simon A. Levin, Carl Folke, Partha Dasgupta, F. Stuart Chapin, Karen C. Seto, Holger Hoff, Elke U. Weber, Michèle Lamont, Johan Rockström, Brian Walker, Henrik Österblom, Stephen R. Carpenter, Owen Gaffney, Will Steffen, Folke, Carl [0000-0002-4050-3281], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
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Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management ,Emerging technologies ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Climate Change ,Climate ,Geography, Planning and Development ,White Paper ,Biosphere stewardship ,Anthropocene ,Political science ,Environmental Chemistry ,Humans ,Pandemics ,media_common ,WIMEK ,Ecology ,Human Dimension ,Resilience ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Biosphere ,COVID-19 ,Environmental ethics ,General Medicine ,Biodiversity ,Aquatische Ecologie en Waterkwaliteitsbeheer ,Biological Evolution ,Earth system science ,Sustainability ,Social-ecological ,Stewardship ,Psychological resilience - Abstract
Funder: Kjell och Märta Beijers Stiftelse; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100006353, Funder: Familjen Erling-Perssons Stiftelse; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007436, Funder: Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011898, Funder: Stockholm University, The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding to such change for global sustainability and resilient societies. We provide a systemic overview of the current situation where people and nature are dynamically intertwined and embedded in the biosphere, placing shocks and extreme events as part of this dynamic; humanity has become the major force in shaping the future of the Earth system as a whole; and the scale and pace of the human dimension have caused climate change, rapid loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities, and loss of resilience to deal with uncertainty and surprise. Taken together, human actions are challenging the biosphere foundation for a prosperous development of civilizations. The Anthropocene reality-of rising system-wide turbulence-calls for transformative change towards sustainable futures. Emerging technologies, social innovations, broader shifts in cultural repertoires, as well as a diverse portfolio of active stewardship of human actions in support of a resilient biosphere are highlighted as essential parts of such transformations.
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43. Ecology of the 'Other': A Posthumanist Study of Easterine Kire's When the River Sleeps (2014).
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Bhattacharyya, Pronami
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POSTHUMANISM ,ANTHROPOCENTRISM ,NATURALISM ,SUSTAINABLE development ,ECOCRITICISM - Abstract
In Posthuman Ecology, anthropocentrism, based on the binary division between the privileged human and the 'other', gets deconstructed, leading to an acknowledgment of humans as essentially tangled in an intricate web of the natural world. In such ecologies, boundaries between the human and the more-than-human (non-human) worlds become porous, creating fluid identities and conditions of being within a framework of active interplay between the human and the non-human world. The ecology of folktales is replete with Posthumanism, as their narratives consistently break the unbridgeable gap between the human, non-human, and the spiritual and/or supernatural worlds and present certain non-naturalist ontologies that are mostly at odds with naturalism or modern empirical science. Such tales provided much-needed templates for sustainable development in the time of the Anthropocene. This paper attempts to study Easterine Kire's When the River Sleeps (2014) as a posthumanist narrative where Vilie (a hunter) goes on a fantastical journey to find a fabled magical stone from the bottom of the 'sleeping river'. Vilie's journey comes out as a playground for both mundane and fantastic elements. He grows as a human being, and this happens as he transacts with the non-human and the supernatural world and comes across deep metaphysical questions and presents keys to understanding balance-in-transcendence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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44. Locating Empire and Capitalism in Amitav Ghosh's The Living Mountain: A Fable for Our Times.
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Kumar, Amit and Sharma, Vikas
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CAPITALISM ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
Amitav Ghosh entitles the opening section of his nonfiction on climate change The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2017) as "Stories." Here, Ghosh highlights the significance of stories and storytelling practices in re-imagining our age of global warming and climate change. He displays how stories function as stimuli for the resurgence of our imaginative power to re-cognize the "unthinkable", the non-human world and the intricate relations between humans, nonhumans and the natural environment. Drawing upon the insightful studies of the ecological aesthetics of stories and storytelling in the age of Anthropocene, the paper discusses how environmental storytelling as part of indigenous orality is reinvented by Ghosh in his latest fiction The Living Mountain: A Fable for Our Times (2022) which tends to look at the Anthropocene through the prism of empire and capitalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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45. Plastic Waste (In)Visibility in Plasticity.
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Aular, Neylan Ogutveren
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PLASTIC scrap ,WASTE management ,ECOCRITICISM ,ENVIRONMENTAL management ,ECOLOGICAL disturbances ,VIDEO games - Abstract
This article examines the video game Plasticity as a compelling narrative medium that represents and critiques the ecological ramifications of plastic consumption in the Anthropocene era. The game’s dystopian setting, where players navigate through environments devastated by plastic waste, serves as a metaphor for the real-world issues of waste management and environmental neglect. By integrating theories from material ecocriticism and close gaming methodologies, this paper analyses Plasticity both as a piece of eco-fiction and as an interactive experience that challenges players to reflect on their own consumption habits. The game’s design and player agency are highlighted as tools that expose the often invisible consequences of waste disposal practices. I argue that Plasticity utilizes the concept of Chthulucene aesthetics, which I define as an approach that embraces ecological entanglement and multispecies perspectives, challenging traditional views of beauty by finding harmony in environmental disturbances and the interconnectedness of all life forms, to illuminate the strategic invisibility of plastic waste. The analysis reveals the game’s potential to open a space for interpretation of what remains in the dark by practices dictated as normal in terms of plastic waste disposal practices in the Anthropocene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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46. Chasing information literacy into the wild: Questions for the Anthropocene epoch.
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Lloyd, Annemaree
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ANTHROPOCENE Epoch ,INFORMATION literacy ,SOCIAL media ,RESEARCH personnel ,ECONOMIC change - Abstract
In the context of information literacy (IL) research, the Anthropocene age offers an opportunity for researchers to explore to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the complexity of information literacy which result from rapid and complex social, political and economic change; to address the risk of societal fragmentation which is created by misinformation/disinformation; and to understand the risk to democratically encouraged information environments that will come with increasing incorporation of AI and opinion-driven social platforms into everyday life. For library practitioners who provide instruction or education, challenges exist in relation to scaffolding and encouraging sustainable, transferrable information and technological practices, not only in our own inward facing professional practice but in our outward facing practice with the myriad communities we support. Against this problematisation, this brief, but broad ranging paper aims to identify a range of questions for thinking about the practice of IL in the Anthropocenic age. No attempt is made to answer these questions, instead they act as an impetus for future researchers and practitioner researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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47. Crochet Methodology: Thinking Creatively about and with the Study of Religion in the Anthropocene.
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Hoel, Nina
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CREATIVE thinking ,ANTHROPOCENE Epoch ,RELIGIOUS studies ,CORALLINE algae ,FEMINIST theory - Abstract
What stories of religion matter in the age of the Anthropocene? This paper begins by situating the Abundance Crochet Coral Reef, an installation of crocheted coralline landscapes exhibited at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, as a methodological motif and enactment to think creatively about and with the study of religion in the Anthropocene. Journeying through the current trends in various fields in the study of religion that are responsive to Anthropocene concerns, I argue that there is a growing body of scholarly work that troubles the dualisms and hierarchies of humannature and nature-culture that have informed, and indeed, dominated, conceptualizations about religion and the study of religion. Finally, I turn to feminist theory to continue to in-tune religion storytelling (the study of religion) to the challenges of the Anthropocene. Drawing inspiration from the Abundance Crochet Coral Reef, I explore the concept of kinship to open creative vistas for methodological enrichment in the study of religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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48. Riverkin: Seizing the moment to remake vital relations in the United Kingdom and beyond.
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Cohen, Joshua B., Dannreuther, Charles, Fraundorfer, Markus, Mackie, Colin, Martin‐Ortega, Julia, Mdee, Anna, and Sutil, Nicolas Salazar
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KINSHIP ,PERIODICAL articles ,BLOGS - Abstract
We show how the dire state of the Earth's rivers entangles intimately with 'thingifying' processes at the heart of colonial modernity. Known in many precolonial and Indigenous contexts as person‐like kin, we describe how rivers the world over have been re‐done primarily as thing—amoral, controllable, a potential commodity like anything else.We develop and work with a provisory concept of kin as those constituents of environments that reciprocally nurture, and contribute to the substance of, one another's life and wellbeing.We show how kinship with rivers figures centrally in primarily Indigenous‐led struggles in various regions of the globe for the recognition and enforcement of river personhood and rights. This is partly because people are motivated to fight passionately for their kin.With some careful caveats, we argue that associating river kinship exclusively with Indigenous worlds undermines its potential for global impact. Thus, as an apposite case study, the latter part of the paper focuses on some of the social–ecological trends which we suggest are opening up the possibility for the re‐establishment of 'riverkinship' in the United Kingdom.We reflect on the potential for riverkinship to help cultivate political constellations fitting to the challenges of the Anthropocene. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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49. Designer Ecosystems for the Anthropocene—Deliberately Creating Novel Ecosystems in Cultural Landscapes.
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Alexandra, Jason
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Accepting that nature and culture are intricately co-evolved has profound implications for the ethical, legal, philosophical and pragmatic dimensions of social and environmental policy. The way we think about nature affects how we understand and manage ecosystems. While the ideals of preserving wilderness and conserving ecosystems have motivated much conservation effort to date, achieving these ideals may not be feasible under Anthropocene conditions unless communities accept custodial responsibilities for landscapes and other species. This paper's origins are in the author's work with the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council representing Indigenous traditional owners in Australia's Kimberley region. These landscapes, shaped by 60,000 years of human occupation, interweave knowledge, laws and governance regimes, and material and spiritual connections with country. This interweaving offers insights into options for dealing with humanity's complex sustainability challenges. The paper also draws on the literature about cultural landscapes, ecological design, agroecology and permaculture to explore options for applying ecological design as a planning and problem-solving framework. The paper concludes that design-based approaches offer significant opportunities for using ecological science to integrate conservation and production in agricultural landscapes in ways that can meet human needs while also conserving biodiversity under climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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50. "New Wine in Old Bottles": Structures of Feeling for a New Way to See New Wood Products.
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Bello-Bravo, Julia
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WOOD products ,WINE bottles ,NEW product development ,VALUE chains ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
Acknowledging an undeniable need for innovation, this paper offers a qualitative assessment for recognition and policy advocacy for superior innovations—for new wood products and processes offering more benefits and fewer drawbacks than other innovations. The paper highlights the irrationality of using the limited natural and human-made goods of the world to produce and consume inferior innovations, especially when they fail to mitigate or, in fact, contribute to worsening climate change. Raymond Williams' "structures of feeling" are used to disclose evaluative commitments associated with the "new" characteristic of industrialized and indigenous civilizations toward illuminating potential pathways for halting an otherwise seemingly unstoppable engine of climate change from pushing all of life on Earth over its precipice. Discussing how the "new" is always implicated in the "old," decision-making and design methods applicable over the whole of the value chain are proposed for generating "new" innovations and processes that are genuinely able to change the current world trajectory of our species. Future research is also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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